8 Demar Road. $624,000. Check out the full post below.
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Posted in Carl Koch, Demar Rd., Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Middle Ridge, SOLD, Turning Mill On8 Demar Road. $624,000. Check out the full post below.
Read MoreIt has been a super busy spring and summer in our little world of real estate. Almost everything we have listed sold very quickly and handling the subsequent details for closings, as well as a badly needed vacation, kept us from posting a lot of extra fun stuff. But here are two such fun…
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Posted in Bauhaus, Ben Thompson, Carl Koch, Design Research, Jane Thompson, Mid-Century Modern, Ralph Rapson, The House of Doors, The Schechter House OnWith our new listing at 4 Turning Mill Road coming on the market this week, I was reminded of the Ralph Rapson-designed home around the corner at 34 Robinson Road. It was last sold in 2007 for $727,605. At that time, my visits there showed that it needed a lot of work, but what…
Read MoreClick any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] 35 Peacock Farm Road, Lexington List Price: $475,000 (Sold) Rare opportunity to own and restore a classic mid-century modern Peacock Farm house, designed by Walter Pierce (see interview here), a design that won the 1957 AIA Better Homes and Gardens/NBC “Homes for Better Living” prize. Nestled in a wooded…
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Posted in Architectural Planning Associates, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, SOLD, Turning Mill OnSee post below for more photos. 2 Partridge Road, Lexington UNDER AGREEMENT The promise of the undeniable curb appeal is fulfilled in this large, lovingly maintained mid-century modern in Turning Mill, close to the Paint Rock neighborhood pool, with four bedrooms; two and a half baths, including an en suite master bath; central air; and 2592 square…
Read MoreWe have listed another Peacock Farm classic. UNDER AGREEMENT Bright and updated mid-century modern: Five bedroom, three full bath original Peacock Farm house designed by noted architects Walter Pierce (see interview here) and Danforth Compton, updated and well-maintained by the original owners and improved extensively since 2010 by the current owners. Nestled thoughtfully into the 1/3-acre…
Read MoreWeston — known for its New England vernacular architecture and newer palatial interpretations of Shingle Style, Georgian, and other traditional themes — also has a less-familiar history of modernism. Beginning in the 1950s, Carl Koch and his Techbuilt company undertook a development on Spruce Hill Road in the King’s Grant neighborhood. The project was…
Read MoreClick any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] SOLD, JANUARY 2012, $708,000. Contact us via link or button at top. Offered at $719,000 the original owners of this mid-century have done all the right things. More importantly, they haven’t done any of the wrong things. Those of you aficionados of this architecture might be justifiably wary of the descriptor…
Read MoreClick any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] SOLD January, 2012 $622,000. One of the first Peacock-Farm style houses built outside of the Peacock Farm development, this 1958-built modernist home was designed by Walter Pierce and updated by the current owners, an architect and a designer/artist, only the second set of owners of this particular example of…
Read MoreClick any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] Photos by John Tse. Every once in a while, a seller might ask us to let our possible buyers clients know that they will be selling their house soon. Usually their idea is that the house is not quite ready, or their circumstances are not yet to the…
Read MoreClick any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] Centrally located in one of Lexington’s most coveted and convenient neighborhoods, Loring Hill, this mid-century ranch was updated and expanded with designs from Lexington architects, Bechtel Frank Erickson. The first-floor master suite was expanded in 2006 with cathedral ceilings and an en suite bathroom with separate shower and…
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Posted in OnBill collected posts on Boston Magazine’s site Our blog about more traditional homes and neighborhoods. Most of the photography on this blog has been done by Lara Kimmer. Check here great site and blog here. The website was set up with great assistance from Hamilton Hughes Design MODERN RESOURCES: LEXINGTON: Lexington Historic Survey —…
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